These 10 Photos of Nashville In The 1970s Are Mesmerizing
It can be a little hard to find photographs of Nashville during a certain time period, but the Metro Historic Records has a neat collection of photos that highlights a bit of Nashville during the 1970s. How crazy is that?! Quite a few of these spots still exist today, having herded thousands of young folks onto beautiful futures. How many have you seen…? Did you graduate from any of these Music City schools, or your kids? How many times have you been to the arcade recently…?
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A school based in North Nashville, the American flag flies high and proud.
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It's Martin Luther King, Jr. High School, originally built to house Pearl High School.
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Nowadays, it's swarming with kids as Belmont University continues to boom.
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A minute from Nashville, but not too far. It's a solid day trip for us!
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Don't you think?
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It's the Nashville Arcade, located downtown.
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Except it definitely wasn't a high end event venue back then.
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Still looks pretty similar, don't you think?
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We're looking at the Ryman, but also those outfits! Such a blast from the past.
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It's almost shocking how much we've built up in so little time. The skyline looks eons different now!
We’re pretty sure this is one of the coolest sets of school photos we’ve ever seen. Hey there, old Nashville! Still pretty as ever.
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